2:21 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyrann Mathieu removed all doubt about what he wants his football future to be when he said Thursday that it’s at the top of his priority list to finish his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. “It’s been everything I’ve asked for,” said Mathieu, who joined the Chiefs
1:15 AM ET NBA fans were anticipating a Brooklyn Nets–Milwaukee Bucks matchup to turn into a classic playoff series. What has happened is it has turned into a classic 2021 series. This messy, flowless, injury-riddled, unpredictable and dramatic season has its mascot: a seven-game saga after the Bucks struck back to take Game 6 from
11:48 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The USGA wouldn’t pair Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open, but DeChambeau still found a way to needle his rival Thursday. After Koepka finished his opening round on the South Course at Torrey Pines, DeChambeau was walking to the No. 1
3:09 PM ET Ashley Young is leaving Inter Milan to return to Aston Villa on a free transfer. Getty Former England international Ashley Young has joined Aston Villa on a free transfer from Internazionale, returning to the club a decade after he left for Manchester United, the Premier League side announced on Thursday. – Stream ESPN
6:56 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — All fully vaccinated players and staff can stop wearing masks in dugouts, bullpens and clubhouses under the latest change to Major League Baseball’s coronavirus protocols. In addition, fully vaccinated players and staff may eat in restaurants without restrictions and attend sporting events as spectators at venues with
12:25 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid declined to get in a war of words with running back Le’Veon Bell, saying, “I’m pulling for him in the future.” “I really enjoyed my time with him here,” Reid said Thursday as the Chiefs concluded their offseason practice. “I appreciated the
5:43 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Will Rory MacDonald continue to live up to the hype as the PFL’s biggest signing? Will fellow welterweight Ray Cooper III show that, after winning the 2019 season championship, this is his division? Can 2019 light heavyweight champ Emiliano Sordi even qualify for this summer’s playoffs? These are a few
7:09 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Matthew Wolff didn’t seem too upset that he had eight birdies but shot only 1-under 70 in Thursday’s opening round of the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He wasn’t beating himself up for hitting only six of 14 fairways, carding two double-bogeys and needing 31 putts, including three three-putts,
2:41 AM ET The soreness in All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell‘s right ankle has worsened throughout the Western Conference semifinals, sapping his explosiveness and forcing him to attempt to adapt his game with the Utah Jazz on the brink of elimination. “It’s something I’m going to have to deal with,” Mitchell after the LA Clippers took
11:36 AM ET Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour has signed a three-year contract extension with the team, general manager Don Waddell announced on Thursday. “I thought we were on the same page,” Brind’Amour said. “It was just a matter of time, really. He knew I wanted to be a part of this, and I knew